Those wacky folks at TokyoFlash have been at it again, this time creating an E-ink display watch that seems to pay homage to the current e-book craze. The E Clock can be set to tell the time using normal numbers, or using one of those cryptic patterns of dashes and lines that the TokyoFlash designers seem to love. It can also connect via Bluetooth to your phone, alerting you through vibration or a blinking indicator to incoming calls and text... 

Ladies and gentlemen, the game is Breakaway. It may be tempting to think of it as soccer, but soccer players don’t have piston-powerful legs or robotic arms sprouting out of their backs. In the version of Breakaway we saw, two teams with three robots apiece go head-to-head on a field segmented into three parts. There is a goal in each corner, and the name of the game is to put as many balls as you can into them. Points can be scored other... 

I’ve never understood why anyone would buy ultra expensive blinged-up tech gear. Even if the tacky style floats your own personal boat, what happens to all those diamonds and that gold when the undelying tech becomes obsolete after a couple of years? Anyone want to buy a 2 1/2 year old $9000 gold plated MacBook ? That’s why I can’t figure out who in their right mind would spend $1.5 to $2.25 million a diamond encrusted Stuart... 

This weekend in New York City dozens of high schools from across the country and abroad are sending hundreds of students to battle it out in a test of robotic skill. It’s the 10th anniversary of New York City robot competitions run by FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — an outfit started by robo-pioneer Dean Kamen (who you may remember for the Segway and the “Luke arm”). The teams... 

To keep up with Moore’s Law processor density must double every two years. IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich plan to do just that with a couple of clever improvements. They’ve figured out a way to stack multiple processor cores vertically instead of next to each other as they are now. That neat trick speeds up data transfers between the cores, making them “many times faster.” With all this extra... 

You have Stihl to thank for some of those leaf blowers waking you up every Sunday morning, but if the company would just send us this beautiful corporate gift (otherwise known as “schwag”) it created, all would be forgiven. The Stihl Autumn Calendar 2010 has a mechanism that detaches each day as it passes, each sheet floating to the floor like a falling leaf. Might we suggest putting a trash can underneath? This is brilliant. Too... 

Approaching Earth from an alien spacecraft, it might be hard to tell if this rock is inhabited during the daytime. Not so at night, where the place is lit up like a Christmas tree, and this Discovery City Lights Globe gives you an accurate representation of that. Using an electronic induction system, it seems to float above its base, slowly turning and depicting night and day. If only it would turn at the exact speed of the Earth, it would function... 

Looking out into the depth and width of the universe is a big darn job, but luckily we’ve got big darn telescopes to do it with. Not only are they big, but a lot of these telescopes are pretty crazy looking, too, as astronomers find new methods in penetrating the heavens. A lot of telescopes use one mirror, but some use two. There’s even an observatory that skips a one-telescope solution, and just  Read More →

How do you know when you’re really rich? When you buy watches with dinosaur bones inside just because you can. The Louis Moinet Jurassic Tourbillon Watch does indeed feature fragments of 130-million-year-old dinosaur bones inside for some reason. Why? I don’t know. But why not, really. It’s also got other nice features, like an 18K white gold case with 56 diamonds on the bezel. So in other words, it’s insanely expensive.... 

One of the major shortcomings of the iPhone is that, for all its many apps, you can only run one at a time. Want to check your email while you read the NY Times? You’ll have to close the NY Times app and open the email app. It’s annoying! New rumors predict a new overhaul of the iPhone software this summer, coinciding with the release of an updated, more powerful iPhone. The  Read More →

Here’s a common dilemma: you want to play Rock, Paper, Scissors, but you’re all by yourself. What to do? Well, these handy gloves allow you to play the classic game of chance and, well, chance all by your lonesome. Simply make your move with the glove on and the built-in computer will tell you what move your “opponent” made and who won. It’s the perfect way to practice for the next time you need to decide who’s... 

If you’re a drug dealer or just a fraidy-cat who is certain someone’s out to get you, you might be too stoned or distracted to set up a complicated security system . That’s why this Swann Digital Guardian ADW-400 night-vision camera and recorder could be just what you’re looking for. It’s so easy to set up, the hardest part is taking it out of its box and getting rid of  Read More →

This is how you get geeks excited: you combine three of their great loves into one crazy object. This Lego Sequencer MR II uses Lego stacks to emulate a three-channel, eight-step sequencer, where each brick produces a different sound, creating the ability to build crazy combos by stacking them together. Add to that fact that the whole thing is made of the brass that is so popular with guys who wish they lived inside Final Fantasy VI and you’ve... 

At first we thought this was an early April Fool’s sight gag, but it’s not. It’s an actual product from Hammacher Schlemmer, and they’re calling this $150 sports chair Brobdingnagian , a word I’ve been looking for an excuse to use in print for years. For those of us not familiar with the work of Jonathan Swift, that means humongous. Look and laugh at this 5.5-foot-tall throne, capable of embracing even the most... 

Here’s one way to sidestep climate change, where every low-lying area on the planet will be underwater: Just build underwater skyscrapers! Imagine the magnificent views of undersea flora and fauna from this floating city that’s completely self-sustaining. hO2+ scraper is a design concept entered into the eVoIo Skyscraper Competition, and we’re thinking it must of had a good chance of winning. We especially like those balancing...